Evaluation of the focal distance of lenses by white-light lau phase interferometry

Applied Optics

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1841-1845

  Thakur, Madhuri ^a   Shakher, Chandra ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; COHERENT LIGHT; ERROR ANALYSIS; FOCUSING; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; INTERFEROMETERS;

LAU PHASE INTERFEROMETERS;

OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES;

EID: 0036543109     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.41.001841     Document Type: Article

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